Just Bought 41

I can’t remember having played Risk since I first played A&A in 87.
Funny.

My dad plays with me a lot. Hes 52. I was a late child ;) There is no need for me to let him win; his years of chess have really made him great( my friends swear he knows how to throw dice to lol)

RISK? When I got that my past birthday I said, “Thanks a lot but I couldn’t; it would be betrayal to Larry.”

P.S. Worsham could you take a look at my 1941 with 1940 units mod? I added all the other units to the setup without changing anything else.

Played my first game of A&A in 30 years last night (has it been that long?).

My retired Navy buddy wussed out (never count on the Navy… ugh!), but my kids were happy to play… I taught my 8yo son and 10yo daughter the game then let them choose who they wanted to play (after a brief run-down of the differences in abilities and overall strategy of the Axis and Allies… quick use of forces for Axis, or holding out for economic power to win the game as Allies).

My son wanted to play with his Dad, and my daughter wanted to play as the Germans, so I took over the US/UK, let my son play the USSR and had my daughter take over the Axis.

She pressed Moscow pretty hard early, and it was touch and go for awhile, I thought we might lose Moscow, but I was able to divert enough fighter protection to Moscow to keep her from victory… she was aggressive early with Japan, attacking Pearl Harbor and the Philippines right out the gate, followed by an invasion of Australia, but after that, she sat still with Japan, missing out on the East Indies and not pushing in China, eventually losing it to the Chinese and British forces.  As Germany stalled on the Eastern Front, I drove her out of North Africa… she made a terrible mistake, I tried advising against it, but she thought I was bluffing and she re-invaded North Africa, against superior forces, and ending up losing most of the Luftwaffe in the process… OUCH… that of course doomed Germany, which began to collapse immediately after that, with my son’s Soviet forces pushing into Eastern Europe and the British landing in France… meanwhile, the US had amassed a large navy and was prepared to push into the Pacific against the faltering Japanese.

At this point, something happened that I doubt few of you had encountered… bedtime for school!  Anyways, my daughter surrendered as the Axis but said she had fun… I know my son wants to play again, so hopefully we’re off to a good start… I think my Daughter wants to try the Allies next time around.  I gave some advice to her about adjusting her priorities and hopefully she’ll get better… she has defeated me in Risk before, so I have hope for her adjusting in A&A.

Thanks for sharing Wolf.

If I had an 8 yr old son and 10 yr old daughter to play I might win a few more games! :-D

Thats awesome to play with your kids and hopefully 1 or both become longtime AA players. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

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Thanks for sharing Wolf.

If I had an 8 yr old son and 10 yr old daughter to play I might win a few more games! :-D

I tried really hard to give my daughter a solid chance for a win… obviously I didn’t sit there and say ‘attack here and attack there’, and ‘buy this, and buy that’… but I did hint strongly about “you sure you are done with all your combat moves”… or “you sure you want to leave those fighters doing nothing this turn?”… I did a lot of that sort of thing… trying to encourage her to use the forces she had at hand (as we all know, the Axis has to strike hard and fast, or it will get overwhelmed).

I was really hoping my Navy buddy would show up, but he wussed out… it would have been good to have an adult on both sides of the board.  Still, I have faith in my kids… my daughter can be pretty cunning when she wants to be!

So there are younger A&A gamers than me? ;) I started at 12….Still I am only 15

I played it myself when I was 17-20 in the 80s… I got my kids to play earlier this year at 8 and 10… but I think they were more interested just to play a game with daddy, than what the game was… they haven’t played again… I got an older friend of mine to play with me once, but his schedule is so busy, even though he liked it, he can never make the time… So I have a game I really love, customized, got extra maps and units for it, and I’m having a really hard time finding anyone to play with.  Might try again with the kids later, but for now, they’re probably a tad too young… back to Risk until they are ready for A&A again.